21st January - 6th March 2010

The Aram GalleryDrury Lane, London

On the 21st of January the Aram Gallery in London will open Prototypes and Experiments IV, the fourth in its ongoing series of exhibitions which showcase innovative projects from a continually changing batch of emerging and established designers. This particular exhibition will display a series of objects exploring ideas in metal.

Designer and Dealer to take over academic posts

In the last week both the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York and the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Los Angeles have named new directors with backgrounds in ‘real-world’ business rather than traditional academia.

By Lex Pott

By Alexandra Lang for the Design Observer

In this interview for the Design Observer, Alexandra Lang asks the current Director of Design Excellence and the Arts for the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), Casey Jones, about his latest projects, the issue of sustainability in design, the effect of the economic climate and what new directions he plans to take the GSA in.

We were lucky enough to snag a few minutes in our TV studio at Tent London with Bahar Tafti from 'KeepCup'.

In her conversation with Leonora Oppenheim, Tafti discusses the concept and innovation behind the KeepCup, and the difficulties faced in combining the needs of coffee consumers with the needs of the environment.

11th-15th January, 2010

Sotheby’sNew Bond Street, London

On view this week at Sotheby’s London is ‘Old Friends New Directions’, an intriguing exhibition, which showcases new work from several established designers who took part in the Sotheby’s Contemporary Decorative Arts Exhibitions as recent graduates between 1997 and 2003.

Video produced by The Luxury Channel

Hotel development is a major source of business for the interior and architectural design industries. In this interesting video, produced by The Luxury Channel, viewers are given the chance to explore the concepts and aesthetics of some truly unique hotels including Terence Conran’s groundbreaking Boundary Hotel and Rabih Hage’s urban chic Rough Luxe Hotel.

27th January - 8th March 2010

The Design MuseumShad Thames, London

At the end of this month the Design Museum will unveil the second part of their annual Designers in Residence programme for 2009-2010. The display will feature new works from Asif Khan and Bethan Wood, as well as an installation by the Farm collective.

30th January - March ’10

Galerie Kreorue Dauphine, Paris

Opening this month at Galerie Kreo in Paris is a show of new works by Dutch designer Wieki Somers. The exhibition is called ‘Frozen in Time’ and features a collection that merges conventional objects such as a lamp or stool with the unconventional forms of flowering sprigs and transparent ice-like layers to create some pretty fantastical pieces.